IRMNG - Molossus Geoffroy, 1805

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Molossus Geoffroy, 1805

IRMNG_ID

1377965 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1377965)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Molossidae Gervais, 1856

Synonymised names

Disopes Gervais & Ameghino, 1880 † · unaccepted

Dysopes Illiger, 1811 † · unaccepted

Dysopus Billberg, 1827 † · unaccepted

Mollossus Weithofer, 1887 · unaccepted

Mollosus · unaccepted

Nolossus Mina-Palumbo, 1868 · unaccepted

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Species Molossus ater E. Geoffroy, 1805
Species Molossus aztecus
Species Molossus bondae J.A. Allen, 1904
Species Molossus colibensis
Species Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766)
Species Molossus pretiosus Miller, 1902
Species Molossus sinaloae J.A. Allen, 1906
Species Molossus norfolkensis J.E. Gray, 1839 accepted as Mormopterus norfolkensis (Gray, 1840)
Species Molossus wilcoxii Krefft, 1873 accepted as Mormopterus norfolkensis (Gray, 1840)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Ann. Mus. H. N. (Paris), 6 (32)
page(s): 150 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Molossus Geoffroy, 1805. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1377965 on 2025-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (13)
Notes (2)

original description Ann. Mus. H. N. (Paris), 6 (32)
page(s): 150 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Disopes Gervais & Ameghino, 1880 †) Mam. Foss. Amér. Sud.
page(s): 8 [details]

original description (of Dysopus Billberg, 1827 †) Syn. Scand., 1 (1), tab. A. [details]

original description (of Dysopes Illiger, 1811 †) Prod.
page(s): 122 [details]

original description (of Mollossus Weithofer, 1887) Anz. Akad. Wien, 24
page(s): 285 [details]

original description (of Nolossus Mina-Palumbo, 1868) Ann. Agric. Sicil., (2) 12
page(s): 5 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805. [details]

Type species as cited Vespertilio molossus Pallas, 1766. [details]